Quotes about writing
writing thinking narrators
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him. S. E. Hinton
writing ideas imagination
I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
writing want advise
I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.
writing arrogant alive
I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive. Russell Means
writing goal knows
Dont imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal. Roman Coppola
writing flow sometimes
Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.
writing inspire comfort
Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive. Romany Malco
writing notes ifs
I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. Roman Abramovich
writing ukraine law
It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the NGOs to re-write laws and the constitution in places like Ukraine. It is none of our business. Ron Paul
writing men intelligent
No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down. Sam Neill
writing thinking stories
I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves. Sam Keen
writing hands solitude
My writing method is to sit in a very small hut absolutely alone. I write in total solitude. And I write on paper, on hand, and then it gets typed. Normal for me. Sally Potter
writing ideas insecurity
I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did. Sally Kirkland
writing acting comedy
I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy. Sally Hawkins
writing government interesting
... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it. Sally Quinn
writing school drawing
I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people. Sally Phillips
writing comedian casts
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
writing absurd situation
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
writing people commodity
There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and a lot of them were women at the time. This was in the thirties and forties, to make product for the people who were under contract, who were their assets to the studios. But that doesn't exist anymore - and as a result, the people who are in the industry write products that interest them. Sally Field
writing preparation trying
I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me to write but which I hope I can go on trying for. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
writing
Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write. Ruth Rendell
writing people letters
I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.
writing thinking balls
Do you think I know what I'm doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it's writing, or the ball can guess where it's going next. Rumi
writing fighting letters
I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight. Roy Cohn
writing past careers
During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print. Tom Rachman
writing voice romance
I tried writing adult romances, but it just didn't fit my voice. Simone Elkeles
writing profession
Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing. Simone de Beauvoir
writing worship trade
Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.
writing taste ashes
A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.
writing flying made
I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much. Simon Sinek
writing our-world together-we-can
My challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible. My why is to inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that together we can change our world. That's why I wake up every single day. I'm agnostic to the form it takes: I teach, I write, I speak, I advise.
writing artist theatre
One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a w-r-i-t-e; in other words, that a playwright is more of a craftsman than an artist of the big novel. Simon McBurney
writing thinking editing
A movie is a creative process from its conception, through its writing, to its execution, to the editing. I think with the best films there is some kind of contribution from one person all the way through that. The best films are made by people who write, direct, and edit, so there's continuity. Simon Pegg